Chapter 177: Black Moon (2) (1/2)
A mistake in the previous chapter: The young man from the Five Fingers was actually named ‘Pon.’ His name got lost in the MTL, so I didn’t realize it until I translated this chapter.
Terms used in this chapter:
Four Freedoms – These are goals that US President Franklin D. Roosevelt said in his speech in 1941. He proposed that there are four fundamental freedoms that people everywhere in the world ought to enjoy. These are the freedom of speech, the freedom of worship, the freedom from want, and the freedom from fear.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The entire building was shaken by a series of explosions, and all the windows broke and shattered.
“Boss!”
Pon shouted with a frightened look that was unbefitting of his large build, but Karma Bonn was not shaken. Rather, he even had a confident smile on his face.
“Don’t panic, Pon. This is the Rogue Master’s trap.”
“Trap?”
“Yes, she’s trying to disperse us by creating a commotion. But Pon, don’t forget. The Rogue Master’s goal is the treasures of this vault. So no matter what the f*ck she does outside, that b*tch is bound to come to this room in the end.”
So just wait.
Be patient.
We’ll eventually capture the Rogue Master once she appears here.
“Ohhh, I see…”
When Pon nodded his head in admiration, Karma Bonn smiled, and the other Five Fingers except for Philia also smiled and laughed at Pink Bomb.
“Come. Just taking away your four freedoms aren’t enough.”
Karma Bonn spoke in a low voice and creepily laughed.
And 10 minutes passed.
20 minutes.
30 minutes.
The explosions had already stopped.
The loud noise from outside the building had also stopped.
But Pink Bomb had yet to appear in the room with the vault.
‘What’s going on?’
Why?
Why isn’t she coming?
Is she trying to catch us off guard?
Will she do a surprise attack the moment we think that it’s over?
Indeed.
She is indeed the Rogue Master.
Her name may be ridiculous, but her skills are the real deal.
“Don’t be shaken. This is the Rogue Master’s trap too. It’s a trick to catch us off guard by making us think it’s over.”
“Ohhhh…”
Pon was impressed again at Karma Bonn’s words, while the other Five Fingers remained silent.
They felt like they should stop, but Karma Bonn wasn’t wrong either.
10 minutes passed.
20 minutes.
When 30 minutes had finally passed.
“Boss?”
“Master?”
The quiet Philia spoke after Pon, and the other Five Fingers looked at Karma Bonn in doubt.
What happened?
Why is Pink Bomb not showing herself here?
‘What’s going on? Did she give up?’
Because we didn’t move no matter how long she waited?
Because she didn’t dare to infiltrate this room with the vault?
‘Is that truly the reason?’
So she knows her place?
Karma Bonn unconsciously snickered before he shared his thoughts to the Five Fingers, and most of them nodded their heads.
“But don’t let your guard down until the end. We’re not leaving this room until the sun rises. Do you all understand?”
“Yes, boss.”
“I understand.”
Philia answered after Pon, and the other Five Fingers also accepted his words by nodding their heads or answering.
‘Rogue Master.’
It will be my victory this time.
With a satisfied face, Karma Bonn looked at the notice card that he had crumpled before he smiled.
And at the same time.
In a completely different place.
Scarlet stood under the light of the twin moons, Selene and Helene, and asked with wide open eyes.
“What? How the hell did you steal that?”
“Ufufu. I did it through that.”
“That?”
“It’s a Rogue Master’s trade secret, okay?”
Cordelia cheekily but cutely answered, and she handed over the ‘documents she had stolen’ to its real creator, Jude, who pretended to skim the documents before nodding with a pleased expression.
“Don’t ask too much, Scarlet. We’ll be competing for the Rogue Master’s position next time, right? So we can’t tell you our secrets.”
“He’s right. Because you’re a strong opponent. We can’t let our guard down, okay?”
Cordelia cutely spoke as she tilted her head and stared at Scarlet who pouted her lips.
“Tsk. Okay. I understand.”
But contrary to her words, Scarlet continued to say ‘tsk-tsk’ as if complaining.
She was sulking and tapping the ground with her toes.
‘Oh my, how cute.’
She was taller and older than Cordelia, but she still looked cute.
Cordelia smiled like a mother as she watched Scarlet, and then used magic to Jude.
[As you said, they locked themselves in the room and didn’t come out at all.]
[That’s good. I’m glad that Karma Bonn is a really patient person.]
If you knew your enemy, you could win every battle.
Analyzing your opponent before a fight was one of the basics.
Karma Bonn’s personality.
The paths he took to make the Black Moon the best thief guild in the royal capital.
Jude’s data was sufficient, and analysis was his specialty, so his profiling of Karma was correct as always.
‘Because our goal is to make it look like Pink Bomb stole something.’
There was no need for her to attack the room with the vault or fight against Karma Bonn and the Five Fingers.
The Black Moon would naturally say that their vault was safe as proof that they were not beaten, but that wouldn’t do anything.
What mattered were the facts that Pink Bomb attacked the Black Moon’s headquarters and the evidence that Black Moon was plotting acts of terror.
‘It’s incomplete though.’
The Lucas and Kajsa routes did not completely show how the royal family was annihilated.
But that did not mean there was no information.
Lucas and Kajsa did not follow the exact same route. But if someone combined the perspectives of the two in their different routes, they would be able to get a lot more information than they would expect.
‘There’s also the cinematic movies.’
Even if it was impossible to get a full picture of the event, it was easy to identify the main goal of the Black Moon and the overall flow of the event.
‘And what can be deduced from it.’
The Black Moon’s hideouts.
The various weapons the Black Moon were hiding.
As Jude had thought several times, that wasn’t everything.
It was only a small part.
‘But it’s useful information.’
The situation was similar to the time when they caught the demon followers in Langesthei.